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Atlantic International Research Centre - AIR Centre

AANchOR LogoO Atlantic International Research Centre (AIR Centre) is a distributed international collaborative network aiming to respond to local priorities in the Atlantic Ocean and global challenges under the Sustainable Development Goals. The AIR Centre promotes an integrative approach to space, climate, ocean and energy in the Atlantic, supported by emerging technological innovations and advances in data science, and through South-North and North-South cooperation in the Atlantic Ocean. The AIR Centre's activity focuses on the individual capacities existing in the organizations that are part of its network to promote scientific and technological domains for solving common problems, promoting change and significant social impact through concrete actions.

The AIR Centre is thus focused on understanding how the Atlantic Ocean and its ecosystems are changing, developing cross-cutting tools and strategic solutions to be applied locally and globally. The AIR Centre implements its activities based on a mission-oriented approach according to the guidelines formulated in the "Atlantic Interactions" initiative, a science diplomacy initiative promoted by Portugal since June 2016. The AIR Centre's core thematic missions provide a clear direction to promote knowledge-based economic development in the Atlantic region.

The AIR Centre is currently part of the National Roadmap of Research Infrastructures.

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FCT Involvement:

  • FCT is one of the founding institutions of the AIR Centre together with the Autonomous Region of the Azores and is part of the AIR Centre General Assembly.
  • FCT financially supports the AIR Centre in accordance with the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 29/2018 of March 12, 2018.

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Initiative accompanied by the FCT Ocean Program.